NEW DELHI: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in Mumbai on Thursday, as he brought the largest-ever British business delegation to expand ties under a recently signed free trade agreement.
Starmer arrived in India’s financial capital on Wednesday. It is his first visit since taking office, and he is accompanied by Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle, Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander, Investment Minister Jason Stockwood, and 125 CEOs, entrepreneurs, university vice chancellors and cultural leaders.
The trip follows the signing of the multibillion-dollar UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement during Modi’s visit to London two months ago.
“India and the UK are natural partners,” the Indian PM said in a joint press briefing at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai, the official residence of the governor of the state of Maharashtra, where he received Starmer.
“There are immense possibilities in the technology partnership between India and the UK. We are working to connect the UK’s industrial expertise and R&D with India’s talent and scale.”
